Software Development Engineer (24-month Fixed Term)
The Pokémon Company International7 hours ago
Bellevue, WA, USASenior
Base Salary
$117k - $212k/yr
Responsibilities
- Design, develop, test, deploy, and maintain high-quality software solutions and services.
- Lead complex features and technical initiatives from design through production.
- Write maintainable, scalable code and participate in code reviews and engineering quality improvements.
- Troubleshoot production issues, identify root causes, and implement sustainable solutions.
- Collaborate with engineers, product managers, designers, and stakeholders on customer-focused solutions.
- Contribute to technical designs, architecture decisions, implementation evaluations, and tradeoff analysis.
- Improve system performance, maintainability, security, operational excellence, development processes, tooling, and team efficiency.
- Provide technical guidance, mentoring, code reviews, and knowledge sharing to other engineers.
Requirements
- Five to seven years of relevant professional experience or a demonstrated equivalent level of expertise.
- Experience delivering software through the full development lifecycle.
- Ability to independently solve complex technical problems and drive work to completion.
- Experience collaborating with cross-functional teams in an agile environment.
- Proven ability to mentor and guide engineers through technical leadership and knowledge sharing.
- Experience with full-stack development patterns and technologies including Golang, TypeScript, React, AWS CDK, infrastructure as code, Postgres, NoSQL, containerized architectures, and serverless architectures.
- Some exposure to Python and JavaScript is a plus.
- Strong understanding of software development principles, system design fundamentals, modern engineering practices, and technical architecture discussions.
- Strong communication, collaboration, analytical, problem-solving, prioritization, customer-focus, and continuous-improvement skills.
Benefits
- 24-month fixed-term employment.
- Hybrid work environment.
- 100% employer-paid healthcare premiums for employees.
- Generous paid family leave.
- Employer-paid life insurance and long- and short-term income protection insurance.
- 401k employer matching for US employees, or pension employer contributions for UK/Ireland/Mexico employees.
- Fitness reimbursement, commuter benefit, LinkedIn Learning, and company events.
- Comprehensive relocation package for certain roles.
- For UK roles, visa arrangements may be possible in some cases; Ireland roles require the right to live and work in Ireland, with employment permit support considered in appropriate cases.
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About The Pokémon Company International
The Pokémon Company International manages and commercializes the Pokémon franchise outside Asia, overseeing brand management, licensing, the Pokémon Trading Card Game, animated series distribution, and official digital platforms and ecommerce. Revenue comes from licensing, publishing, product sales, and media distribution. Founded in 1996 and headquartered in Bellevue, Washington, it operates as a privately held company with teams spanning marketing, localization, product development, and online production.